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Off‑Gas Grant

Where the £9,000 off-gas grant applies, postcode by postcode

Postcode district · Sandy

£9,000 heat pump grant in SG19

906 homes in SG19 run on oil or LPG, 10.8% of the district. They may qualify for £9,000 towards a heat pump.

How SG19 compares

More off-grid than most

Oil and LPG heating is far more common in SG19 than across England and Wales, so the £9,000 uplift applies to more homes here.

Least off-grid Most off-grid

11% of homes here run on oil or LPG, against 4% across England and Wales. That ranks SG19 521 of 718 districts for off-grid heating.

How SG19 heats its homes

Oil Qualifies 836
LPG Qualifies 70
Electric only Usually not 1,187

Of 8,358 properties with a current certificate.

128 of them are privately rented. The grant closes on 31 March 2027.

Councils covering SG19

Postcode districts do not follow council boundaries. SG19 spans 2 councils.

Nearby districts in SG

Ranked by the number of oil and LPG heated homes.
DistrictPost townOilLPGShare
SG8 Royston 2,636 291 21.8%
SG9 Buntingford 709 62 19.6%
SG18 Biggleswade 544 98 6.0%
SG4 Hitchin 537 95 6.4%
SG11 Ware 382 53 18.3%
SG13 Hertford 219 81 5.4%
SG7 Baldock 251 39 6.5%
SG10 Much Hadham 105 3 19.6%

All districts in SG

What to do next

The grant goes to your installer, who claims it for you, so the first step is finding an MCS-certified one who covers SG19. Get the quote before the uplift closes on 31 March 2027: after that the same job is worth £7,500 instead.